4. Biodiversity, Evolution & Disease
1
Communicable Diseases, Disease Prevention & the Immune System
1.1
Plant Defences Against Pathogens
1.2Primary & Secondary Immune Responses
1.3Transmission of Communicable Pathogens
1.4Opsonins, Agglutinins & Anti-toxins
1.5Antibiotics
1.6Common Pathogens & Communicable Diseases
1.7Autoimmune Diseases
1.8Principles of Vaccination
1.9Types of Immunity
1.10The T Lymphocyte Response
1.11Antibodies
1.12Blood Cells
1.13Phagocytes
1.14Non-specific Immune Responses
1.15The B Lymphocyte Response
1.16Sources of Medicine
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Biodiversity
2.1
Biodiversity
2.2Measuring Species Richness & Species Evenness
2.3Practical: Investigating Biodiversity Using Sampling
2.4Genetic Diversity
2.5Reasons for Maintaining Biodiversity
2.6Factors Affecting Biodiversity
2.7Sampling to Determine Biodiversity
2.8Simpson's Index
2.9Methods of Maintaining Biodiversity
2.10Conservation Agreements
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Classification & Evolution
3.1
Classification of Species
3.2Types of Variation
3.3Variation: t-test Method
3.4Natural Selection
3.5Classification of the Five Kingdoms
3.6Variation: t-test Worked Example
3.7Classification & Phylogeny
3.8Adaptation
3.9Consequences of Resistance
3.10Binomial System
3.11Standard Deviation
3.12Evolution of Resistance
3.13Evidence of Evolution
3.14Spearman's Rank Correlation
3.15Classification of the Three Domains